Norham House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1969. House. 4 related planning applications.
Norham House
- WRENN ID
- lesser-foundation-plover
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- Norham House, 71, Main Street, Cockermouth, CA13 9JS
- OS grid reference
- NY 119 306
- Coordinates
- 54.66343, -3.36684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Norham House is an 18th-century building located on the south side of Main Street, designated as a Grade II* listed property. The house features a cement-rendered exterior and a slate roof, rising to two storeys. Its entrance is marked by an eight-panelled centre door set within a moulded stone frame, topped by a glazed fanlight. The ground floor has four sash windows, while the upper floor boasts five sash windows, all framed with moulded stone dressings. This is a substantial house of quality. Additionally, all the listed buildings on the south side of Main Street form a group.
Local climate
Norham House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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